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ABOUT GLENDA WISE

GLENDA WISE is a well known Victorian artist who resides in the Dandenong Ranges. She has lived and breathed art as a natural gift from a very young age, receiving her first formal oil painting box, brushes and palette at the age of ten.
Glenda grew up surrounded by the cream of Australia’s artists, she lived ‘up the road’ from Fred Williams and ‘down the hill’ from ‘Longarcres’, the home of Sir Arthur Streeton in Olinda, who’s private studio and easel she was later privileged to have sole use of until she had a studio of her own.
Glenda’s first exhibition was held in the Galleries of the Victorian Artists Society in East Melbourne where she was a member. Earlier member also of the Australian Guild of Realist Artists, and, since the age of thirteen until the present day, one of the longest standing members of the Sherbrooke Artists Society, where she has been a teacher of oil painting, watercolour and life drawing over the past 18 years, and previously as field officer, organizing painting expeditions for groups of artists.

Glenda is featured in the Australian art book entitled ’50 Australian Artists’ published in 1994 by Artists Ink Pty. Ltd., in aid of the Fred Hollows Foundation. She is featured also in articles in several 'Antiques and Arts' magazines.
A talented artist with numerous awards to her credit, she continues to teach adults and is also teaching children the fundamentals of sound drawing skills. Her work is represented throughout Australia and overseas.
Glenda is currently working on a series of Pearl Fairies which can be seen and purchased from her website www.pearlfairies.com